Oxfam BookshopOxfam Bookshop Clifton
26 Princess Victoria St, Clifton, Bristol BS8 4BU
In Clifton Village, Oxfam's Princess Victoria Street bookshop adds vinyl, CDs, DVDs and greetings cards to the shelves, according to the charity's listing. Its Facebook page was appealing for donated books on 22 June 2026, alongside mystery holiday book bags, and was pointing browsers to the sheet music on 3 July 2026. The listing gives no opening times, so phone before a special trip.
Community bookshopClifton Community Bookshop
10 Clifton Rd, Bristol BS8 1AF
A volunteer-run community interest company on Clifton Road selling low-cost donated books, whose proceeds all go to The Studio Upstairs, a mental health and art therapy charity, as its own site explains. A volunteer's account of a shift, printed by Bristol24/7 on 24 April 2026, describes boxes of books set out on tables by the door, donations sifted in the stockroom and whatever cannot be kept passed to World of Books. Evenings bring gigs, a tarot club on the first Wednesday of the month and a creative writing group every other Sunday, and the site admits that volunteer rotas can nudge the times either way.
Hours: Tue–Sun 11am–5pmWebsite Charity shop (Emmaus)Emmaus Bristol, Stokes Croft
Backfields House, Upper York St, Bristol BS2 8YQ
Just off Stokes Croft, about 1.3 miles north-north-west of the centre, the homelessness charity Emmaus Bristol runs what it calls its largest charity shop, with furniture below and books and vinyl on the top floor among beds, vintage pieces and clearance lines. On 24 September 2026 its Facebook page appealed for good-quality book donations to keep the shop's bookshelf stocked. Staffing comes from Emmaus companions, people the charity supports, working alongside local volunteers; on Tuesdays the doors open at 11am instead of 10am.
Hours: Mon 10am–4:30pm, Tue 11am–4:30pm, Wed–Sat 10am–4:30pmWebsite National Trust second-hand bookshopDyrham Park second-hand bookshop
Dyrham Park, Dyrham, Chippenham SN14 8HY
Out in South Gloucestershire, a little over nine miles out towards the east-north-east, the National Trust runs a second-hand bookshop in the basement of the house at Dyrham Park, signposted from the main courtyard, with records, jigsaws, CDs and DVDs mixed in with the books. The Trust calls it open daily, and its timetable for 1 October 2026 gave the bookshop 10am to 4:30pm; National Trust members get in free, and non-members pay admission plus £4 a day for parking. On 15 September 2026 the property's Facebook page was steering visitors to a Sense and Sensibility shelf in the bookshop.
Charity bookshop (Lions Club)Thornbury Lions Bookshop
19/21 St Mary St, St Mary Centre, Thornbury, Bristol BS35 2AB
In Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, some 11.5 miles to the north-north-east, the town's Lions Club runs a charity bookshop in the St Mary Shopping Centre that asks only for donations. Its suggested amounts from January 2026 are £1 for a paperback, £1.50 for a hardback, £1 for talking books and maps, £2 for a jigsaw, and whatever you choose for children's books. Books, maps, sheet music and jigsaws in saleable condition are accepted, two bags for life at a time, while encyclopedias, dictionaries, magazines, board games and CDs or DVDs other than talking books are refused.
Hours: Mon–Sat 10am–4pmWebsite National Trust second-hand bookshopBuzzard Books at Tyntesfield
Home Farm, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Bristol BS48 1NX
Over the city boundary at Wraxall in North Somerset, nearly six miles west of the centre, Tyntesfield's second-hand bookshop was relaunched as Buzzard Books in a revamped space across the upper courtyard of Home Farm, as the National Trust announced on 21 February 2025. The Trust describes a spread of genres, a children's nook and volunteers usually on hand, and the property's opening grid for 1 October 2026 showed it trading from 11am to 4:30pm. General admission applies, non-members pay £5 to park in summer and £3 from November to March, and donations are welcome, though house clearances are not.
Oxfam BookshopOxfam Bookshop Keynsham
57 High St, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1DS
In Keynsham, which falls under Bath and North East Somerset Council, about four miles out on the Bath side of the city, Oxfam's bookshop at 57 High Street takes donated books and music, according to its shop page. That page lists six-day opening, and the charity was recruiting bookshop volunteers in Keynsham with an advert running from 18 October 2025 to 23 October 2026.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pmWebsite